Pencil-holder



(No Model.)

G. W. WASHBURN. PENCIL HOLDER.

No. 508,791. m5111611 Nov, 14, 1393.

" eiffa/ 'rui NAYloNAl. umoennrmua coupure.

wAsmNaTon. D. c.

claimed.

UNITED STAT-ES? EATENT Ormea.

GEORGE` lV. YNVASHBURN, OF WEST NVV BRIGHTON, NEV YORK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iateut No. 508,791, dated N ovembe 14, 1893.

Application filed July 26, 1893. Serial No, 481,490. (No model.)

To @ZZ whoml t ntwy'oucern.- i

Be it known thatA I, GEORGE W. WASHBURN,

acitizen ofthe UnitedStates of America, anda resident of Westf. New Brighton, Staten Island, in the Stateof New York, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Pen-l cil-Holders, of which'the following is a speciication. Y This invention relates to those pencilholders and like clasps or attaching devices which are designed to be affixed to the clothing in convenient positions and to remain attached until removed by the wearer. It relates more particularly to devices of this description made in one partfrom Y thin metal.

The present invention consists primarily in an improved` attaching device for such articles, and further. in a one-part pencil-holder of peculiar construction, comprising said attaching device, as hereinafter set forth and The objects of the invention'are to preclude accidentally detaching the holder from the article of clothing to which itis affixed, without complicating the attachment of the holder, and without interfering with the production of the article from a single piece of metal as above, and, furthermore, to render the improved pencil-holder.self-adjusting to different pencils, andlo facilitate quickly withdrawing and replacing thepencilwith'outany danger of detach-ing the holder.

l Asheet of drawings accompanies this specitication as part thereof.

Figure lof the drawings is a side view of.

an improved pencil-holder as attached to an article of clothing, showing afpencil as held part blanks from which the respective holders Figs. 1 to 3/a'ndFigs.` 4 to 6 arecons'tructed.

Like letters and numbers refer to like part-s in all the figures. e

The attaching device common to both holders A A2 consists kof a pair of substantially unnecessary.

rigid attaching-books, l, 1, projecting rearward and downward from the upper end of theholder, and a flexible locking-prong'Q,

which projects upward and rearward from the and precludes unhooking the holder until the docking-prong is retracted. This cannot be done accidentally,but is readily accomplished at will, as illustrated by FiggA, by inserting a card C or the like upwardly between the V,prong 2 and the garment to whichthe holder is attached, so as to force back the prong, as

card or the like, is ready for reattachment, as before. Q- y A The improved pencil-holder A, illustrated by Figs. 1, 2 and 3, is constructed from a flat blank B, Fig.-7, which may be stamped or died out from sheet-steel or any sheet-metal possessing sufcient resiliency. In addition 'in Fig. 4. The holder can the'n be unhooked `with ease, andaftcr the withdrawal of the to said attaching-hooks yl andlocking-prong 2, the holder comprises an eXpansible body composed of a back-plate, so to speak,

shown at 3, an opposing front-plate 4, and

a pair of bowed springs 5 uniting said front and backplates atboth sides of the holder. 'Those parts` of the blank B fromwhich the respective parts of the holder Vare formed are correspondingly numbered in Fig. 7, and further rdescription of the blankA is considered It will be observed that the attaching-hooks 1 andthe locking-prong 2 project respectively from the upper and lower ends of the backplate 3, and that the' frontplate 4 is pressed backwardby the springs 5 so as to grasp the pencil` P, Fig. 1,' between said front-plate and said. backzplate; an ample space being conveniently afforded above the front-plate .for the insertionkof the pencil, as seen in Fig. 3 wheretheback-plate is exposed to view byV said space. l

The holder A2 represented byFigs.-4, 5 and IOO 6 is constructed in like lmanner from a flat blank B2, Fig. 8, and comprises, in addition to said attaching-hooks l and locking-prong 2, a back-plate 3 substantially identical with that of said holder A. A longitudinally slotted hook 6 takes the place of said springs 5 and front-plate 4 of said holder A, and completes a serviceable article for attaching eyeglasses, ladies watches, and the like. The parts of the blank B2 from which the respective parts of the holder A2 are formed bear like numbers in Fig. 8, to facilitate comparison.

The ornamental shape of the front-plate`4 of the improved pencil-holder may be largely Varied to suit different tastes, and other like modifications within the scope of the invention will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus described the said improvement, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under this specificationl. In a one-part pencil-holder, or the like,

the combination with the body of the holder f a pair of attaching-hooks projecting rearward and downward from the upper end ofA the holder, and a flexible locking-prongwhich projects upward and rearward from the lower end otthe holder, and has a rearwardly-di-- rected sharp point opposed to the space between said hooks, substantially as hereinbefore specied.

2. An improved one-part pencilholder coniprising an expansible body, a pair of attaching-hooks projecting,` rearward and downward from the upper end of the holder, and a flexible locking-prong which projects upward and rearward fromthe lower end of 4the holder, and has a rearwardly-directed sharp point at its upper extremity, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

3. An improved pencil-holder composed of an expansible body which comprises front and back plates united by bowed springs at both sides, a pair of attaching-hooks projecting rearward and downward from `the upper end of said back-plate, and a flexible locking-prong which projects upward and rearward from its lower end and has a rearwardly directed sharp point opposed tothe space between said hooks, substantially as llereinbefore specified.

GEO. W. WASHBURN.

Witnesses:

C. H. ZELLERS, GEO. M. WHITNEY. 

